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What to learn in a Tai Chi Chuan seminar

When the available learning model is that of annual seminars, this raises questions both for new students and experienced ones. Those starting to learn ask themselves why they should go to a seminar where a long and complex form, which they won’t be able to learn at once, will be taught, and those already well into the Taijiquan (tai chi chuan) system ask why should they again be learning a form they have known for years. The answer is the same for both: because their goal is not learning the form. The goal of Taijiquan (tai chi chuan) practice is to change one’s body so that it will move in a new, different, and efficient way. More »